Tony Morris
About Classical Guitar Alive
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The classical guitar has the power to inspire, lift the spirit, and ease suffering. Many cultures and histories from present-day to Biblical times mention listeners being soothed by the sound of a guitar, lute, or lyre. For playlist, click on the link at the top of this page.
Program Schedule
Music by Bach, Biber, Lara, L’Hoyer, Kevin Taylor Interview
1/31/2026
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Bach, Biber, L’Hoyer, Kevin Taylor, Byron Yasui, Agustin Lara, and and an interview with guitarist-composer/educator Kevin Taylor, founder of the Childbloom Guitar Program, which has introduced over 17,000 children to music with the classical guitar, who discusses his piece for guitar ensemble titled “Scenes from the 4th System.”
Stephen Goss’s “Paganini Concerto,” Music by Mozart, Albeniz, and Bach
2/7/2026
This episode of Classical Guitar Alive! features the world premiere of British composer Stephen Goss’s “Paganini Concerto,” based on Paganini’s Grand Sonata, and a saxophone and guitar arrangement of Albeniz’s “Mallorca,” and Mozart and Bach arrangements by the Toronto-based guitar duo of Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk.
Music by Bach, Ravel, Sor, Interview: Baylor Medical Musician Tony Arant
2/21/2026
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Bach/Gounod, Bach, Ravel, and Sor, and a 2020 interview with Tony Arant, music practitioner at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, who relates his personal experience of witnessing how music awakened a coma patient.
Beethoven’s “Pathetique Sonata,” Pujol’s “Suite Magica” and more
2/28/2026
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Beethoven, Argentine composer Maximo Diego Pujol, Roberto di Marino, and Atanas Ourkouzonov, and a 2020 interview with music therapist Chad Harmon and NICU nurse Lilla Caho, who talk about the profound positive effects music has had on premature infants, which was filmed at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
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